The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-09-02
THE DAKOTA HARVEST.
A Glorious Result. --FOrty Million
Bushels of Wheat. - Thirty
Million Bushels of Corn.

FROM tue IlOneeE fr0SS.
The Dakota harvest is over. That is the |
small grains have been gathered, leaving
tho corn and root crops to follow But
already the predictions of the PIONEER Press, |
made through weeks of opposing reports,
have been more than verified The crop is
not only the largest ever harvested in Da-
kota. but it is larger than the most sanguine
even anticipated. The total yield of wheat
is estimated at forty millions of bushels;
corn thirty millions, and other CROPS in pro
portion. The hay crop has never been so
large, the grass never SO luxuriant Now
what does all this mean? 1t means season
of unexdmpled agricultural prosperity for
the territory. 1t means the settlement OF
old scores, the wiping out of old debts. IL
means an influx of emigrants, which is
likely to be larger in the next twelve months
than ever before. 1t means growth and de-
velopment beside which our past history,
wonderful rs it is, will pale. Blu: a good
crop is not 80 unusual in Dakota that the re-
suits from this years yield should be
so wonderful. No; Dakota never
has registered failure in crops
that was anything like total, and
in no state In the Union is the farmer SO sure
OF yield, taking one year after another. 1t
is not that which makes the present year
prolific of important consequences. 1t is the
| comparison which the situation invites Da-
kota is surrounded with failures. Agricult-
ural disaster seems to creep up to her very
doors on the east and stop short on the line.
Beginning in the far East the burning drouth
has continued through Ohio Indiana, Illi-
nois, Wisconsin, Iowa and even Minnesota,
| touching also with its withering breath the
regions and states bordering ON those men,
| toned This belt has been regarded as an
| agricultural paradise. That 30 immense
region should be covered by one years dis
aster is remarkable and also discouraging
That Dakota, while passing through SINH
lar season last year, raised crop which in
| most states would have been regard ded as
| enormous and this year eclipses ali previous
records, is proof positive that here, ii any
where the husbandman is sure Of his reward.
| The farmers of the afflicted states east of us
| will SO look at it. They will examine the re-
turns and they will see that all in all there is
not such region for diversified farming
on this continent as Dakota Wheat, oats,
rye, barley, fax, are an almost certain crop
in all parts of the territory Corn is as sure
south OF the forty-sixth parallel az in Iowa,
and the immense yield this year flom iank-
ton to Fargo shows that it can be cultivated
TO advantage in all parts OF Dakota Wheat
is surer in the north than in Russia or India
and the groaning elevators from Pembina to
Mitchell testify to its universally. Pota-
toes. beets, turnips. almost every variety of
root crops, and peas and beans thrive so
marveously that to tell the truth is to in
vite disbelief. A year ago Montana was re-
garded as the region par excellence for
stock. To-day hei DIS of cattle from that ter
rtory are being brought INTO Dakota, where
hay is abundant, where shelter can be pro-
vided, where they are hundreds of miles
nearer market, and where, even last
winter, the severcst known for many
years, the loss was smaller than In
almost any state of the Union. Sheep
raising is demonstrated a wonderful
success in the territory and swine thrive far
better than in the damp regions to the south
Now these are facts They need to be pom
dered on, and they will be by the thousands
in the over-popnlnted East desirous of ST.
curing homes. Dakota has its disadvantages
Wood is scarce. but forests are growing on
almost every homestead The weather Is
, keen but the blizzard bugaboo has lost its
terrors, and the settler finds that with the
same provision for comfort, he is as inde-
: pendent of wind and frost here as elsewhere.
Come and look at 1t! See the opportunities
offered to obtain cheap land and judge for
yourselves if Dakota ought not to become
this region u new meaning is given to the
injunction of Horace Greeley: sGo
, West. young man! Said De Tocque.
, vile: Populations move westward as
T. if driven by the mighty hand
of God" Says the United States surveyor
general: "The proportion of waste land in
the Territory Of Dakota Is less than in any
t state or territory of the Union" Said Sen
!. ator Wade: sBy the year 1900 every acre OF
= good agricultural land in the United States
i will be worth $50 an acre. 1t will soon be
beyond the reach of the poor" SAYS Dir
4 Strong: "1he worlds scepter passed from
u Persia to Greece, from Greece to Italy, from
n Italy to Great Britain, and from Grea
8 Britain the scepter is to-day departing 1
d s passing on to Greater Britain. to oul
mighty Vest there to remain, for there il
no further West; beyond is the Orient" Lik.
!. the star in the East which guided the thre,
i kings with their treasures westward, until u
! length 1t stood over the cradle of the youn.
:: Christ, SO the star of empire rising in tn,
!, East has ever beckoned The we tn and powe
]. of the nations westward until to-day i
); stands over the cradle of the young empir
T. of the West, to which tho nations are bring
), ing their offerings,
= The Eastern nations sink, thcr glory ends,
+ And empire rises where the sun descends.
', BIG DAKO A FARMS
n Where the vOe.ry Is X Ocksd Cut of Fnyl